The fireplace opening stands about four feet ... he tapes off the large central tile and grabs his hammer. "Ernest Batchelder. He’s the artist who made these tiles — in his backyard ...
In the Eaton Fire burn zone, fireplaces adorned with Arts and Crafts tiles are among the sole surviving relics of the town’s ...
the rest of the United States and even Canada are endowed with beautiful Batchelder fireplaces and fountains.” “His work featured muted, earthy tones evocative of old Persian rugs, with ...
Many are covered in historic tiles by artist Ernest Batchelder, a leader of the Arts and Crafts movement. The surviving tiles and fireplaces are (largely) all that’s left of those homes and of ...